This is the second disbursement of funds to Madoff victims, who have received a total of about $3.6 billion.

Picard said the new payments satisfied 182 claims after a first distribution had settled 892. That leaves 1,074 still awaiting compensation.

Picard has said he has recovered about 53 percent of the $17.3 billion Madoff stole in his Ponzi scheme, and customers with allowed claims have received on average 38.1 percent of their original investments. It was initially expected victims would only receive about 2 or 3 percent.